For a long time, the end of the Ice Age felt like a slow fading rather than a sharp break. Mammoths vanished. Old ways of living disappeared. The climate lurched colder again, without much warning. Archaeologists and geologists have argued over the cause for decades. Some blamed hunting. Others pointed to natural climate shifts. But […]
Nicolas Maduro grew paranoid over security for the last few months amid escalation with the US and was rotating his sleeping beds and using several cellphones to avoid his location being tracked. Maduro enlisted more Cuban officers into his intelligence and reduced the number of scheduled events and live broadcasts. He was last seen on […]
Zohran Mamdani asserted that he still believes that President Donald Trump is a ‘fascist’ and a ‘despot’. New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he believes that President Donald Trump is a ‘fascist’ and ‘despot’ but what changed after his first meeting with the president is that he thinks there is an opportunity to work […]
Oman extends expat resident card validity to 10 years / AI-generated illustration Oman’s Royal Oman Police (ROP) has amended the executive rules for civil status so resident identity cards for expatriates can have longer validity, now up to 10 years in some cases, and Omani national ID cards are extended to 10 years as well. […]
In another time, JD and Usha Vance were the poster couple for the “new American faith.” Not the faith of purity rings and megachurches, but the faith of pluralism — where a Catholic convert could thank his Hindu wife for reminding him what God felt like. Back then, he called her the reason he re-discovered […]
For a man who’s made a career out of roaring engines and roaring opinions, Jeremy Clarkson has always reserved a special kind of scorn for the NHS. He’s called it bloated, broken and outdated — a “creaking monster” swallowing Britain’s money and happiness whole. But fate, with its impeccable comedic timing, decided to put his […]
Elon Musk changed his phone number after his massive fallout with President Donald Trump. Elon Musk took some major steps to distance himself from the Donald Trump administration when he understood that he was at a point of no return, the way he waged his war against the president and his ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’. While […]
When George Floyd died under the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin five years ago, the outrage was swift and widespread. Republicans and Democrats, police chiefs and civil rights activists, media houses and corporate executives all agreed: it was horrific.“It’s police brutality, obviously,” said conservative commentator Ben Shapiro at the time.Today, that consensus lies […]
US retail sales little changed, signs of pullback after pre-tariff rush (Photo: AP) Retail sales in the United States were near-flat in April, government data showed Thursday, with indications that spending is slowing after consumers rushed to beat higher prices from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs.Overall sales nudged up 0.1 percent to $724.1 billion last […]
